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| name = Yagnesh Dave<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1954|3|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| occupation = poet, essayist<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| notableworks = ''Gandhmanjusha'' (2014)<br />
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* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2021)<br />
* [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] (2022)<br />
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'''Yagnesh Rameshchandra Dave''' (born 24 March 1954) is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer and poet from India. He received the 2021 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poetry collection ''Gandhmanjusha'' (2014).<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Yagnesh Dave was born on 24 March 1954 in [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat]], India. He completed M.Sc. and obtained his Ph.D. in [[experimental biology]]. He worked as an assistant station director at [[All India Radio|Akashvani]], [[Vadodara]].<ref name="Shastri 2013">{{Cite book|script-title=gu:ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો ― ખંડ ૨|last=Shastri|first=Keshavram Kashiram|author-link=Keshavram Kashiram Shastri|year=2013|editor-last=Trivedi|editor-first=Shraddha|editor-last2=Shah|editor-first2=Kirtida|editor-last3=Shah|editor-first3=Pratibha|edition=Updated|location=Ahmedabad|publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]|trans-title=Who's Who in Literature of Gujarat ― 2|title=Gujaratna Saraswato ― 2|orig-year=1977 (1st ed.)|language=gu|page=69|oclc=900401455}}</ref><ref name="First India 2022">{{cite web|last=Jariwala|first=Masuma Bharmal|title=Sahitya Akademi Award goes to Rajkotian after 27-year wait|website=First India|date=15 February 2022|url=https://firstindia.co.in/news/india/sahitya-akademi-award-goes-to-rajkotian-after-27-year-wait|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324160335/https://firstindia.co.in/news/india/sahitya-akademi-award-goes-to-rajkotian-after-27-year-wait|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
His first poetry collection, ''Jatismar'', came out in 1992. It was followed by ''Jal ni Aankhe'' (1982), ''Andar Khulta Darvaja'' (2006) and ''Gandhmanjusha'' (2014). His essays are collected in ''Aaso ma Ughadto Ashadh'' (2000). ''Ghar Aangan na Pakshio'' and ''Vadadada ni Vato'' (1992) are his works of [[Children's literature in Gujarati language|children literature]].<ref name="Shastri 2013"/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He received the 2021 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his poetry collection ''Gandhmanjusha''. He is a recipient of Jayanth Pathak Poetry Award and B. K. Thakore Award.<ref name="Shastri 2013"/><ref name="First India 2022"/> He received the 2022 [[Narsinh Mehta Award]].<ref name="Gujarati Mid-Day 2023">{{cite news|title=ચાર કવિને અપાશે નરસિંહ મહેતા અવૉર્ડ|trans-title=Narsinh Mehta Award will be given to these four poets from Gujarat|newspaper=Gujarati Mid-Day|date=12 September 2023|url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/gujarat-news/article/narsingh-mehta-award-will-be-given-to-these-four-poets-from-gujarat-202799|access-date=9 November 2023|language=gu|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109135644/https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/gujarat-news/article/narsingh-mehta-award-will-be-given-to-these-four-poets-from-gujarat-202799|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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